Prince Language / Lee Douglas Stay Up

On the first Editions Disco release in many moons, Prince Language brings it with “Stay Up”, an anthem for the late-night crew. An early-80s midnight music video staple is teased and extended into a menacing and funked-up groove bomb that will have you running for your nearest horizontal mirrored surface. An ominous, pulsating drone over driving drums builds up before giving way to angular guitar funk, dubby piano fireworks and a bassline as insistent as that numbness in your teeth. A chorus of “up all night… stayin’ up all night” let’s you know what time it is. But you probably shouldn’t know that when you’re still going. Editions Disco never sleeps. On the flip-side, NYC storyteller Lee Douglas brings us an epic extension of the classic live version of a smooth guitar god’s “On Broadway” - but there’s nothing silky about this one. This is a foot-stomping workout complete with rousing crowd noise, a relentless piano riff on top of a handclapping groove that refuses to quit, and guitar pyrotechnics that all build to a series of chorus-teasing climaxes. Gutbucket disco, and late-night workout of the highest order.